Wow, the past few months have been *very* busy for me.  Not only was there the usual holiday rush, but Portland was hit with Snowmegeddon - twice!  The first hit right before winter break, so the kids were out of school early.  Then after the extra-long break, they only got to back to school for a few days before we got hit again, this time harder than the first!  Our cities aren't used to the levels of snow that we've gotten this winter and the roads weren't taken care of.  Then a few days later we got ice storms that froze the roads into skating rinks for a week.  It effectively shut much of the cities down, including the schools!

We finally are back to normal weather for the first time in over a month, and the kids are finally back in school.  Add in a bad flu, a lice scare, friends moving, and notice of a relative's passing.  Unfortunately, damage has been done and I am battling burn-out. 

The only knitting I've been doing recently is ribbed hats that don't take any concentration at all.  Its about all that I could handle for a while.  I hope that once I'm rested a bit more then I can get back into some juicy projects.  I want to finish designing the alien hats I'd been working on! 

Next time I will show you what I worked on for my kid's Christmas gifts.